Formatting in and of itself should have no performance effect. What some people probably experience is some difference in the way their os is setup when they reinstall. There are lots of performance features, virtual memory for example, which might be set up differently without the average computer user knowing.

It is possible!

If you make a mistake and install real mode drivers instead of protected mode drivers.

I did this once and took a real performance hit! It took me a week to fiqure it out though.

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>For that reason someone invented C++.
BLASPHEMY! Begone from my C board, you foul lover of objects, before the gods of C cast you into the void as punishment for your weakness! There is no penance for saying such things in my presence. You are henceforth excommunicated. Never return to this house, filthy heretic!